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TOTANUS HYPOLEUCOS. 



(COMMON SANDPIPER.) 



Tringa guinetta, Briss. Orn. v. p. 183, pi. xvi. fig. 2 (1760). 



Tringa hypoleucos, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 250 (1766). 



La Guignette, Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. vii. p. 540 (1780). 



Trynga guinetta, Pall. Zoogr. Rosso-As. ii. p. 195 (1811). 



Trynga leucoptera, Pall. torn. cit. p. 196 (1811). 



Totanus hypoleucos (L.), Temm. Man. d'Orn. p. 424 (1815). 



Totanus guinetta, Leach, Syst. Cat. M. & B. Brit. Mus. p. 30 (1816). 



Actitis hypoleucos (L.), Boie, Isis, 1822, p. 560. 



Actitis stagnatilis, C. L. Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 649 (1831). 



Guinetta hypoleuca (L.), G. P. Gray, List of Gen. of B. p. 68 (1841). 



Tringoides hypoleuca (L.), G. P. Gray, op. cit. p. 88 (1841). 



Actitis empusa, Gould, P. Z. S. 1847, p. 222. 



Actitis megarhynchos, C. L. Brehm, Vogelfang, p. 314 (1855). 



Actitis schlegeli, Bp. Compt. Pend. xliii. p. 597 (1856). 



Chevalier guignette, French; Anclarios, Correrios, Spanish; Piro-piro piccolo, Italian; Begga- 

 zina tar-rocca, Maltese ; Fluss- Uferlaufer, trillernder Strandlaufer, German ; Oeverlooper 

 Steenvink, Dutch; Muddersneppe, Danish; Strandsnipe, Norwegian; Drillsnappa, Swedish; 

 Eantatilleri, Finnish. 



Figures notabiles. 



D'Aubenton, PI. Enl. 850 ; Werner, Atlas, Gralles, pi. 24 ; Kjserb. Orn. Dan. taf. 36 ; 

 Fritsch, Vog. Eur. taf. 33. fig. 13; Naumann, Vog. Deutschl. taf. 194; Sundevall, Svensk. 

 Fogl. pi. 41. fig. 3 ; Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 318 ; id. B. of G. Brit. iv. pi. 58 ; id. B. of Asia, 

 pi. 35 ; Schlegel, Vog. Nederl. pi. 240. 



Ad. capite et corpore supra olivaceo-fuscis vix metallico tinctis, pileo, nucha, et dorso vix nigro striatis : tectri- 

 cibus alarum, scapularibus et supracaudalibus nigro centraliter anguste striatis et fasciatis : remigibus 

 primariis nigricantibus, intimis versus basin conspicue albo marginatis, secundariis ad basin albis et 

 eodem colore terminatis : rectricibus centralibus dorso concoloribus, reliquis albis nigro fasciatis, intimis 

 griseo-cervino lavatis : mento et stria superciliari albis : colli lateribus et pectore pallide cinereis, 

 nigricanti striatis : corpore reliquo subtiis albo : rostro ad basin sordide cameo, versus apicem fusco : 

 iride fusca. : pedibus cinereis viridi tinctis. 



Juv. adulto similis, sed plumis in corpore supra ochraceo-fusco apicatis et anguste nigro fasciatis, tectricibus 

 alarum magis eodem modo notatis, pectore saturatius cinereo. 



Adult Male (Tolagi, Archangel, 14th May). Upper parts olivaceous brown with a bronze gloss, the crown, 

 hind neck, and back striped with black, and the wing-coverts, scapulars, and upper tail-coverts barred 



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